Planning appeal decision
Land at 1 Middle Close, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1NZ
Planning appeal 3299756 at Land at 1 Middle Close, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1NZ (Surrey Heath Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 November 2023 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission ref 19/0701/FFU granted on 7 November 2019
- Authority
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
- Postcode
- GU15 1NZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The personal circumstances of the appellants, including their Article 8 rights to family and private life and the risk of grave financial repercussions from compliance, outweighed the limited harm to character and appearance from the enlarged gables, but not the harm from the heating and cooling units.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM9 of the Surrey Heath Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Document 2012
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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